Kastury Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Kastury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kastury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India441:17,433,304271,013
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Kastury (223) may also be a first name.

Kastury Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kastury Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kastury (Hindi: कस्तूरी) has its highest incidence in India. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kastury? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,746,159th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Kastury reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 603,623rd most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 223 people.

The surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 17,433,304. In India Kastury is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 43 percent are found, Telangana, where 20 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account India Kastury occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Indonesia, where 20 percent are found.

Kastury Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kastury surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70% registered to vote for the party.

Kastury earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 112.92% more than the national average, earning $91,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kastury Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kastury in the Hindi language
कस्तूरीkasturi-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kastury
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